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 * RED5 Open Source Media Server - https://github.com/Red5/
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package org.red5.server.api.stream;

import java.util.Map;

import org.red5.server.api.statistics.IClientBroadcastStreamStatistics;

/**
 * A broadcast stream that comes from client.
 * 
 * @author The Red5 Project
 * @author Steven Gong (steven.gong@gmail.com)
 * @author Paul Gregoire (mondain@gmail.com)
 */
public interface IClientBroadcastStream extends IClientStream, IBroadcastStream {

    /**
     * Notify client that stream is ready for publishing.
     */
    public void startPublishing();

    /**
     * Return statistics about the stream.
     * 
     * @return statistics
     */
    public IClientBroadcastStreamStatistics getStatistics();

    /**
     * Sets streaming parameters as supplied by the publishing application.
     * 
     * @param params
     *            parameter map
     */
    public void setParameters(Map<String, String> params);

    /**
     * Returns streaming parameters.
     * 
     * @return parameters
     */
    public Map<String, String> getParameters();

}
